World War Z (2013)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Gerry Lane	Brad Pitt	½
Karin Lane	Mireille Enos	½
Thierry Umutoni	Fana Mokoena	½
Segen	Daniella Kertesz
Captain Speke	James Badge Dale
Ex-CIA Agent	David Morse
Jurgen Warmbrunn	Ludi Boeken
Parajumper	Matthew Fox
Andrew Fassbach	Elyes Gabel

Review

In Hollywood, making zombies interesting is about as difficult as making teenagers survive a trip to a cabin in the woods, and World War Z proves little else than the fact that the movie business is no longer at the cutting-edge of good ideas in this genre; there's nothing here that either hasn't been done before on film or isn't being done better as we speak on TV's The Walking Dead. First of all, the entire premise of this film has got all but no originality, and secondly the realization of it has not become a story so much as a transportation of Brad Pitt from one location to another, where his character – as the only one – keeps fighting off the film's uncontainable, ceaseless antagonists. The makers of the film seem to have mistaken quantity for quality, but without characteristics, limitations and purpose, these zombies have nothing to define them and nothing to give the story any resistance. The result is a film which starts in medias res, goes on to a pointless middle-part, peaks with a fine segment aboard a plane, and then ends with the hero's (and the committee of writers') one good idea, which still is too predictable and not really brings the story to any conclusion –  other than the fact that there seems to be a sequel planned. Granted, the production is great and the film has drive, but that counts for little when it has nowhere to go. Brad Pitt, however, does a fine job – albeit mainly by looking so great at almost 50.